Philippines in Bible Prophecy Part 2

The Revelation

There are many ways of interpreting the pages of the Bible and it depends on what angle you are trying to prove that interpretations suit just right. It is relative but at least some points will hit the marks.

I am one of those who buy and support the belief that the Philippines has a significant roles concerning spirituality and dominion governance during the last days. I am referring to those fulfillment of some biblical prophecies directed to no other than "in the islands of the sea" mentioned is some passages of the Bible.

For example, as I read the entire Chapter 17 of the Book of Revelation, it describes more about the Philippines:

“And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters.” (17:1).

The great whore (woman) is the great city (Philippines) that sit upon many waters (comprises of thousands of islands and islets). See also Revelation 17:15.

“With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.” (17:2).

The Philippines was a colony of many countries for centuries. During those eras, the Filipino people were enslaved and endured lots of sufferings in the hands of their colonizers. And even after the proclamation of its autonomy, the Filipinos are yet suffering the gross effects of graft and corruption these colonizers have left as among their legacies. Today, the Philippine political system is one among the most corrupt in the world, where the politicians (kings) and their relatives (inhabitants of the earth) have been made drunk (enjoyed and benefited) with the wine (wealth, power and privileges) of her fornication (taking advantage of their positions without shame).

 

“And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication.” (17:4).

The woman is the great city (Philippines) itself with reference to the colonial influences of Catholicism into the religious or spiritual aspect of the lives of the Filipino people: the “scarlet” is the color of the Pope who is the central figure of Catholicism; “gold, precious stones and pearls” are those wealth-ness the Catholic Church had amassed and now on its possessions, and; the “golden cup” refers to the authority of the Papacy with the title “Vicar of the Son of God” which is according to some conspiracy theories the equivalent of the Number of the Beast (666 or Anti-Christ), and all the filthiness and sins the Papacy had committed against the Holy Name of the Christ.

“And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.” “And the angel said unto me, wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.” (17:6-7).

This refers to the incomparable devotedness of the Filipinos to the saints and martyrs which are all products of the Roman Catholic Church, and the employ of religious icons in their reverence on to these saints, and the incomprehensible level of faith and belief the Filipinos have attributed to the Catholic teachings. Moreover, there are more in the Filipinos’ lifestyles that are attributed to their religious beliefs and practices.

During the visit of Pope John Paul II to the Philippines in 1986 in celebration of the World Youth Day, Former Vice-President Noli de Castro, who was then an news anchorman and a television newscaster said, while covering the arrival of the Pope and upon personally having a closer look at the face of the Pope, emotionally uttered, “I can’t explain my emotions… I can’t hold my tears… I can feel a deep sense of fulfillment… we [Filipinos] are really experiencing a so-called “spiritual crisis and [we] are expecting for answers from the Pope.” No wonder, there are many religious sects or denominations (false prophets?) born in the Philippines where memberships are rapidly soaring hoping that they can find answers to this “spiritual dilemma”.

“The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: …when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.” (17:8-9).

These verses require an understanding about Philippine history. The Philippines was a Spanish Colony for more than 300 years. During those years, the Philippines has no known identity in whatsoever form (in a bottomless pit) aside from a mere colony under the rulership of the viceroy of the Spanish Crown. But because of the determination of the Filipinos for identity and independence they struggled hard (ascended out from the bottomless pit). The middle-class led the peaceful assimilation while the “plebeians” led the bloody struggle, hence the birth of the Katipunan or KKK (Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga anak ng Bayan). The Katipunan was organized and founded by Andres Bonifacio on July 7, 189 in Tondo, Manila. But the strength of Katipunan (represented by the figure of a woman clothes with the three colors of the flag – white, blue and red) came from the seven provinces outside Manila, which were then Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga and Tarlac. Hence, the seven mountains (seven heads) were represented by these seven provinces, as the arms, which gave life to the spirit of patriotism leading to the birth of Philippine Republic where Aguinaldo became the First President, yet it was only a short-live (and go into perdition).

“And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.” (17:10).

Manuel Roxas became the First President of the Third Philippine Republic after the United States-sponsored Commonwealth Government. There were six presidents from Manuel Roxas to Ferdinand Marcos. A year before Marcos’ first term ended, he declared Martial Law putting the entire archipelago under the rule of the military law. From the last year of his first term, Marcos did rule the country but the military law he imposed which ended the Third Philippine Republic.